New Endometriosis Drug Released To Help Women

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – About one in about every ten women has the same problem as Melissa Dellovade.
“Having very heavy periods, very painful periods when I was younger,” Melissa describes.
She was diagnosed with endometriosis when her appendix came out. Her surgeon found endometrial tissue in her abdominal cavity where it shouldn’t be.
Endometriosis is when the tissue lining the uterus makes its way out of the organ and sets up on the ovar